Upper for boots or shoes.



APPLIOATION TILED OUT. 2, 1908.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

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A. E; WHITELAW. UPPER FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES. v APPLICATION FILED OUT. 2,1908. 1 937,493, 4 Patented 0013.19, 1909.

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ALBERT EDWARD WHITELAW, OF CLIFTON HILL, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

UPPE B FOR BOOTS OB SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.;

Application filed October 2, 1908. Serial no. 455,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT EDWARD WHITELAW, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at 64 Dwyer street, Clifton Hill, in the Stateof Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, manager, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Uppers for Boots or Shoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an upper seamless at the back of the shoe,whereby it has greater flexibility, strength and durability.

The object of this invention is to provide a shoe of this character inan economical manner without multiplying the parts or seams, withoutblocking and without extra labor or material.

The invention consists of an upper for a boot or shoe seamless at thecenter of the back of the shoe and comprising quarters united at theirback edges by a single seam disposed at one side of said center, saidquarters being of peculiar construction as hereinafter described andclaimed.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a plan view of detachedquarters embodying this improvement. Fig. 2 represents a perspectiveview of the peculiar quarters united along their lower rear edges. Fig.3 represents a plan view of said quarters completely united to form theback of the upper. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of an uppershowing one embodiment of this invention.

The same reference letters are used in all the figures in thedesignation of the same parts.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that ofthe two pieces or quartersconstituting the back part of the upper one is larger than the other theformer having an extension which passes around the back and A representsthe larger piece and B the smaller piece. In these two pieces, with theexception of the back edges, the other edges are cut as heretofore,those at the top, a-a and b-b correspond and form the top of the leg,the edges a -a and b 'b form the lace opening, the edges a-a form thevamp seams which extend from the bottom of the lace opening to thewaist, while the edges a*a and b -b pass around the heel where the upperis attached to the sole.

In cutting the edges along the back edge where the shape to be producedat the back is concave the larger piece A is cut with an inward curve ofless radius than the corresponding curve of the smaller piece B andconversely where the shape to be produced at the back is convex thesmaller piece B is out with an outward curve of less radius than thecorresponding curve of the larger piece A. The extent of the deviationof these curves will give the extent of the concavity or convexityproduced as the case may be. Thus in forming the convex curve at theheel the smaller piece B is out from 6 -4) with a curve of less radiusthan the curve a a of the larger piece A. In forming the concave curveat the back of the ankle the edge of the larger piece A is cut from a toa point at about a with a curve of less radius than the curve 6 -42 ofthe smaller piece B, the points a and 6 corresponding on the completedupper.

In forming the convex curve at the back high up the leg the smallerpiece B Would be cut with a curve of less radius than the curve of thelarger piece A. In the upper formed as shown in Fig. 1 this fact ishardly appreciable as the back would be just commencing to converge intoa convex curve. But it will be seen that both the pieces A and B from ato a and b to b respectively are cut in almost straight lines. Now inassembling the two pieces A and B together the larger piece A isstitched to the smaller piece B (or vice versa) one piece overlappingthe other to the usual extent to form a seam, by making the edge a aconform to the edge b b as they pass through the machine as shown inFig. 2. The stitching is continued by making the edge a-a conform to theedge b?) as shown-in Fig. 3, the point a being made to conform to thepoint 79 and the difference between the distance from a. to a and from bto 6 being equalized by stretching the larger part A as it passesthrough the machine. In the completed upper the dotted line c-c in thelarger piece A (Figs. 1 and 2) represents the line of the back. When theupper is completed as described a row of stitches may be run from DD inthe larger piece A (Fig. 3) for ornamentation corresponding with theseam formed by joining the two pieces together and the upper thuspresents the appearance of an upper with tvfo corresponding seamsequidistant from the center of the back, although having actually but asingle seam on one side of said center.

The upper is finished off in the ordinary Way as shown in Fig. 4 theeyelets E and vamp Fbeing'attached'a's 'usual. An upper,

.formed in this Way according tomy invention has no seam along thecenter of the back thus producing a stronger and more durable TripperWithout; having recourse "to: blocking to produce the necessary shape.

I claim to An upper for boot or shoe I seamless at are beater ufithe bquofthe shoe "a'ndc mprisinfg uarters furjiited at f'th eir edges "'a s'glefl$afil i o'osed atj'oneside "of sa d c'enter,one of said iarters"'lfaving an lefi t il siiinfat reart extended iiuarterjl avin'g I aconcave curvature fonjtlie 'part'bf its 1m; edge "and ac nv X curvatureon the lower p'ait thereof, the

"smaller'quarter having a convex curvature 'onthe upper'part ofits rearedge and a convex curvature on the lower part thereof, saiduppercurvature of said smaller quarter being of greater radius than saidupper curvature of said extended quarter'and said lower curvature ofsaid extended quarter being of greater radius than said lower curvatureof said smaller quarter.

In testimony whereoffI have hereunto set 'i' 'iy hand in presenceoftwosubscribingfivit- 'iis's es.

AliBERT EDWARD WHI'IELAW.

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